Faculty and students often work together on research projects.
This past March, Eric Kramer, faculty in Science, Mathematics, and Computing, and student Ethan Ackelsberg ‘12 co-authored the scientific paper “Auxin Metabolism Rates and Implications for Plant Development,” published in the scientific journal Frontiers.

The New Yorker says new faculty member Anastasia Samoylova's series “Landscape Sublime” adopts and transfigures the clichés of nature imagery. Her unique images are influenced by her childhood in Moscow, the nature around her, and the cheesy stock photos on her screensave.

Maryann Tebben, head of the Center for Food Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock and author of Sauces, talks with the Noelle Carter, chef and test kitchen manager at the Los Angeles Times on the American Public Media's The Splendid Table.

Henry Alford returns to Simon's Rock in May as commencement speaker. The author of five books and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, he also writes a monthly column about manners in the New York Times. He spoke with Simon's Rock magazine about - among other things - manners, hotel-room amenities, and getting kicked out of boarding school.

Faculty member Patty Dooley delivered in a keynote address at the closing ceremony of the Joint Science and Technology Institute, a "smart camp" run by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for high school-aged students interested in STEM.

Ian Bickford has been a student and a professor at Simon’s Rock. Now he’s back a third time – for the biggest adventure yet.
The office of Ian Bickford ‘95 is a work-in-progress. Located on the second floor of the Hall College Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, it has bare walls and just a few books on the shelf. But its sparseness makes sense: Ian returned to his alma mater just four months ago, to launch a new initiative called Bard Academy at Simon’s Rock.

Wendy Shifrin, beloved colleague, teacher, and friend, died in March after a long illness. A member of the Simon’s Rock faculty since 1984, Wendy was not only an accomplished dancer and choreographer but also a dedicated, compassionate, and gifted teacher.

Marisa Benitez ‘11 and Zara Anwarzai ’11 have always been ambassadors of culture. It’s just what they do. Zara hails from Indianapolis—a quintessential all-American city—and yet her mother is Russian and her father Afghani. Marisa is an L.A. woman and second generation American, raised by a single mother and strongly steeped in Cuban culture. Each came to Bard College at Simon’s Rock ready for the challenge of early college, and both were nurtured in their academic pursuits—French and German philosophy, political theory, the cultural inferences of translation.